camping for dummies IN THIS CHAPTER Geography 3 History 9 Getting There 12 Before You Go 16 The People 17 Eating & Drink

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IN THIS CHAPTER Geography 3 History 9 Getting There 12 Before You Go 16 The People 17 Eating & Drinking 18 Accommodation 20 Restaurant/Hotel Prices 22 Practical Information 23 How to Use This Book 30 Tourist Information 31 Because the islands are no more than the exposed top portions of the Great Bahama Bank, an extension of the North American continental shelf, there are only three deep-water channels suitable for the passage of large vessels. Of the 700 islands and 2,000 islets, called camping for dummies cays (keys), making up the archipelago, only about 30 are inhabited. Some are little more than boulders that appear and disappear with the rise and fall of the ocean. Some are long and thin and stretch for many miles. Still others are home to thousands of busy people. The vast majority of the islands, however, are deserted, with pristine beaches and tropical forests that are untouched by humans.

Accommodations, 15, 20-23, 24, 34, 364-372; the Abacos, 21; Alice Town, 215; Andros Town, 21, 193, 201-202; camping for dummies Balfour Town, 334; Behring Point, 203; Bimini 208, 214-216; Cable Beach, 58; Cargill Creek, 203; Casuarina Point, 164; Cat Island, camping for dummies 21; Chub Cay, 266; Cockburn Harbour, camping for dummies 306-307, 334, 348; Conch Bar, 344-345; Elbow Cay, 154, 163, 170, 178-180; Eleuthera, 14, 21, 222-223, 227; the Exumas, 21, 251, 254-256; Fernandez Bay, 274-275; Freeport, camping for dummies 135-138; Fresh Creek, 202; George Town, 248, 249, 250, 255-256; Grace Bay, 325, 326-329; Grand Bahama, 6, 20, 52, 105, 135-138; Grand Turk, 334-336; Great Guana Cay 158, 182; Great Harbour Cay, 266; Great Inagua, 280; Green Turtle Cay 170, 182; Guana Cay, 164; Guana Harbour, 157; Harbour Island, 235; Hawk s Nest, 274; Hope Town, 178-179; Inagua National Park, 276; Long Island, 21, 292-293; Lucaya 136-137; Man-O-War Cay, 183; Marsh Harbour, 151-152, 164, 170, 183-185; Middle Caicos, 344-345; Mudjin Harbour, 345; Nassau, 14,

Boston and Atlanta; and locations in Florida. camping for dummies Visitors can fly freely between the islands by Bahamasair, the national carrier. Charter flights between the islands are also available. See the At a Glance camping for dummies section at the end of this guide for full details.